THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT |
| ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS |
| PART I. |
| Preliminary |
| 1. Short title. |
| 2. Interpretation. |
| 3. Writs of election. |
| 4. Polling divisions. |
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| PART II. |
| Franchise and Registration of Electors |
| 5. Registration of electors and voting. |
| 6. Persons in receipt of pay disqualified. |
| 7. Official lists. |
| 8. Manner of preparation of official list. |
| 9. Identification cards. |
| 10. Power of Chief Electoral Officer to require information. |
| 11. Appointment of enumerators. |
| 12. Appointment of scrutineers. |
| 13. Duties of enumerators. |
| 14. Duties of scrutineers. |
| 15. Powers of entry and power to question persons by enumerators. |
| 16. Penalty for obstructing enumerator, etc. |
| 17. Period of validity of official lists. |
| 18. Official list to be supplied to candidates. |
| PART III. |
| Electoral Procedure |
| 19. Appointment of polling day. |
| 20. Power to adjourn polling day in event of emergency. |
| 21. Day and place for nomination. |
| 22. Returning officer to give notice of election. |
| 23. Procedure at nomination. |
| 24. Disposal of deposit. |
| 25. Withdrawal of candidates. |
| 26. Procedure on death of nominated candidate. |
| 27. Return by acclamation. |
| 28. Granting of a poll. |
| 29. Establishment of polling stations. |
| 30. Division of lists. |
| 31. Ballot boxes. |
| 32. Supplies of election material. |
| PART IV. |
| Procedure on Polling Day |
| 33. Taking of poll and the ballot. |
| 34. Who may vote |
| 35. General mode of taking ballot. |
| 36. Mode of taking ballot in special cases. |
| 37. Ballot papers not to be delivered to electors unless no marks of electoral ink appear on electors. |
| 38. Electors to immerse appropriate digit in electoral ink. |
| 39. Penalty for failure of presiding officer to carry out provisions of sections 37 and 38. |
| 40. Non-application of sections 37, 38 and 39 to electors with no hands. |
| 41. Who may be present. |
| 41A. Outdoor agents. |
| 42. Proceedings before opening of poll. |
| 43. Proceedings at poll. |
| 44. Proceedings after poll. |
| PART V. |
| Procedure Subsequent to Polling Day |
| 45. Final count of votes. |
| 46. Provisions applicable where ballot box not returned. |
| 47. Recount by Resident Magistrate. |
| 48. Manner of making recount. |
| 49. Election return. |
| 50. Penalty for delay, neglect or refusal of returning officer to return elected candidate. |
| 51. Custody of ballot boxes. |
| 52. Custody of election documents by Chief Electoral Officer. |
| PART VI. |
| Financial Provisions |
| 53. Election agents and sub-agents. |
| 54. Making of contracts and payment of expenses through election agents. |
| 55. Total amount of expenditure that may be incurred. |
| 56. Who may incur election expenditure. |
| 57. Expenditure that may be incurred by candidate. |
| 58. Who may incur expenditure. |
| 59. Consequences of unauthorized expenditure. |
| 60. Election agent to make a return. |
| 61. Period for sending in claims and making payments for election expenses. |
| PART VII. |
| Administrative Provisions |
| 62. Chief Electoral Officer. |
| 63. Powers and duties of Chief Electoral Officer. |
| 64. Returning officer. |
| 65. Election clerk. |
| 66. Substitute election clerk. |
| 67. Presiding officer. |
| 68. Poll clerks. |
| 69. Oaths to be taken before Justice, returning officer, presiding officer or poll clerk. |
| PART VIII. |
| Election Offences |
| 70. Providing of money for illegal practice or payment to be illegal payment. |
| 71. Use of motor vehicles, etc., for conveying of voters to the poll. |
| 72. Registration of motor vehicles as electoral vehicles. |
| 73. Special provisions relating to urban constituencies. |
| 74. Restriction on user of registered electoral vehicles. |
| 75. Conveyance of non-voters. |
| 76. Power to question passengers and detain vehicles. |
| 77. Maintenance of order at polling stations. |
| 78. Influencing of electors to vote for any candidate. |
| 79. Corrupt withdrawal from a candidature. |
| 80. [Repealed by Act 18 of 1981.] |
| 81. Notice of election meetings. |
| 82. Name and address of printer on placard. |
| 83. Use of committee room in house for sale of intoxicating liquor or refreshment or in elementary school, to be illegal hiring. |
| 84. Certain licensed premises to be closed. |
| 85. Punishment of illegal payment, employment or hiring. |
| 86. Making claim knowing it to be false. |
| 87. Unlawfully obtaining or destroying identification documents. |
| 88. Willfully damaging certain articles and equipment. |
| 88A. Obstruction of election officers, etc. |
| 89. Mutilating or altering notices and lists. |
| 90. False statements before returning officer and false objections by scrutineers. |
| 91. Bribery and treating. |
| 92. Undue influence. |
| 93. Personation. |
| 94. Penalty for bribery, treating, or undue influence. |
| 95. Penalty for personation. |
| 96. Disqualifying effect of conviction for bribery, treating, etc. |
| 97. Illegal practices. |
| 98. Specified misdemeanours under this Act. |
| 99. Duty of secrecy. |
| 100. Offences by election officers. |
| 101. Offences by election agents and candidates. |
| 102. Penalty for participation in election campaign by returning officer or presiding officer. |
| 103. Consequences of illegal practice. |
| PART IX |
| Miscellaneous |
| 104. Regulations. |
| 105. Transfer of electors in special cases. |
| 106. Where transferred electors to vote. |
| 107. Validation of certain acts. |
| 108. Military voters list. |
| 109. Special provision relating to Police Constables. |
| 110. Special provision in relation to District Constables. |
| 111. Voters to vote only in division upon list for which their names appear. |
| 112. Military voters. |
| 113. Police and Special Constable electors. |
